Salting-machine.



W. S. MILLER.

SALTING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION' 11.31) APR. 7, 1910.

Patented Dec. 13,1910;

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WILSON S. MILLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SALTING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 7, 1910.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Serial No. 553,975.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, VILSUN S. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis city, and State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Salting-hlachines; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clez and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Tlns invention relates to improvements in salting machines for crackers,cakes and the like.

One object of the invention is to provide a salting machine of thischaracter having an improved construction of feeding mechanism wherebythe salt is evenly fed from the machine and uniformly distributed overthe crackers.

Another object is to provide means whereby the feeding mechanism may bequickly and evenly adjusted to feed more or less salt to thedistributing mechanism.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a saltingmachine constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is avertical section taken on line 2--2 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an endview.

In the embodiment of the invention I provide a supporting frame 1 in theupper portion of which is arranged a hopper 2 for holding the salt. Theside walls of the hopper 2 incline inwardly and downwardly and betweenthe lower edges of said inclined side and end walls is formed a saltdischarg- Arranged below the discharge slot of the hopper and adjacentto the lower edges of the side and end walls is a corrugated feedingroller 1. The shaft of the roller 1 is revolubly mounted in suitablebearings 5, formed in the ends of the frame 1, as shown.

Slidably mounted in suitable guides 6 arranged on the outer wall of oneof the inclined sides of the hopper is a feed regulating plate 7, thelower edge of which is adapted to be brought more or less closely to thefeeding roller 1, thereby regulating the amount of salt carried from thehopper by said roller. The plate 7 is adjustably supported in the guides(S by threaded rods 8, having off-set lower ends which are bolted orotherwise secured to the plate 7, and on the upper portions of which areadapted to be screwed adjusting nuts 9. The nuts 9 have formed thereinannular grooves 10, whereby they are revolubly secured to the side ofthe hopper above the plate 7 as shown. 13y thus revolubly securing thenuts in place, the latter may be turned in one direction or the otherthereby adjusting the plate '7 to bring the edge thereof nearer to orfarther from the roller i, thus adjusting the feeding space between saidplate and roller.

On one end of the shaft of the feed roller 4 is arranged an operatingmechanism for imparting a step motion to the roller. This rolleroperating mechanism is here shown and preferably consists of a ratchetgear 11, which is rigidly secured to the shaft of the roller, and whichis adapted to be engaged by a pawl 12 carried by the upper end of arocker arm 13, which is loosely mounted on the shaft of the roller andwhich has formed on its opposite end a wrist pin l t with which isadapted to be connected a pitman rod or other connection whereby saidrocker arm is operatively connected with a moving part of a crackermachine or with any other suitable power whereby the arm 13 will berocked and the pawl 12 thus engaged with the ratchet gear whereby a stepmotion is imparted to the feed roller.

Arranged below the feed roller 4 is a cylindrical salt distributingbrush 15, the shaft of which is revolubly mounted in suitable bearingsin the ends of the frame 1 and on one end of said shaft is secured apulley wheel 16, which is adapted to be connected by a belt with amoving part of the cracker machine or with any other suitable powerwhereby the brush will be revolved in the proper direction to receivethe salt from the roller 1 and distribute the salt over the crackers orcakes passed beneath the brush.

A salting machine such as herein shown and described may be connectedwith any kind of a cracker machine to uniformly apply coarse or finesalt to any kind of crackers or cakes. By means of the adjustablefeeding mechanism, the quantity of salt applied to the c 'ackcrs may beregulated or controlled.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdraw- Ill ings, the construction and operation of the invention will bereadily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in theappended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A salting machinecomprising a supporting frame, a hopper arranged therein, a feed rollerrevolubly mounted in said frame below the hopper, a feed regulatingplate slidably mounted on the hopper, threaded adjusting rods secured tosaid plate, adjustwitnesses.

WILSON S. MILLER. Witnesses:

EDWARD CRAMER, RICHARD F. RALPH.

